The 7 Best Things Smart Teens Do

The Best Things Smart Teens Do In The Seven Worst Things Good Parents Do therapists John and Linda Friel gave parents an easy to understand guide to overcome the seven worst mistakes even good parents make while raising children N

Title: The 7 Best Things Smart Teens Do

Author: John C. Friel Linda D. Friel

ISBN: 0807728349981

Page: 434

Format: Paperback

In The Seven Worst Things Good Parents Do, therapists John and Linda Friel gave parents an easy to understand guide to overcome the seven worst mistakes even good parents make while raising children Now they ve written a book for teens based on the same formula it includes the seven worst things even smart and outwardly successful teens do, and shows teens how they can cIn The Seven Worst Things Good Parents Do, therapists John and Linda Friel gave parents an easy to understand guide to overcome the seven worst mistakes even good parents make while raising children Now they ve written a book for teens based on the same formula it includes the seven worst things even smart and outwardly successful teens do, and shows teens how they can change these behaviors and assure their success in life as they grow towards adulthood.This book was written expressly for teenagers as a unique roadmap into adulthood It was designed to stimulate the brain as well as the heart because teenagers who listen to both can eventually negotiate adolescence successfully It will appeal to teenagers who like to think, wonder, question and challenge, as well as to teenagers who feel that they haven t quite figured out this life thing.The Friels show teens the seven things they need to do in order to overcome common roadblocks they face or will face These are Become competent don t expect to have self esteem without becoming competentMaster your feelings don t let your feelings run the showBreak the silence don t silently scream instead of making yourself knownGet healthy power don t avoid learning about powerFace the serious stuff don t hide the really important things you re experiencingFind an identity don t avoid the struggle to find yourselfLearn to stake out the extremes don t live only in the extremes.Written in clear, straightforward language and including many interesting and colorful story interludes, this book is an easy to use, powerful tool for all teens.

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This is actually a pretty interesting book, just a little to say the least. Clearly, the authors have forgotten what it's like to be a teenager. They've forgotten that teenagers as a general rule, don't like hearing "inspiring" stories about dogs that become authors interjected throughout the otherwise fascinating book. However, the lessons taught in here, if applied the right way, would actually help someone succeed in life. But it's basically stuff taught in Health class backed by rat experime [...]

I managed to finish this book though at first I was a bit challenged for I might not grasp what this book is all about, furthermore, what it tries to say due to the nature of its writers, who are both medical doctors.Psychological in nature, this book left me thoughts basically revolving on certain range of emotions—that feeling certain feelings aren't necessarily innately bad. Therefore, all emotions, including sadness, fear and anger are just as important as feeling happy, ecstatic and indif [...]

This book has some good information in it, but it is so poorly written that I couldn't get more than halfway through it. I'm absolutely sure there are other psychology books out there that do a much better job of presenting this material. I will NOT be giving this to my teen to read.

One should definitely read it if they have teenagers at home or is a young adult who have just come out of his/her teen phase and his/her college phase. And ofcourse, therapist for there few excellent methods and concepts given by John and Linda.